My little environmentalists

On Monday while we were running around like crazy people, we stopped to drop a dish off at my grandmother's house. She lives in a beautiful retirement community. She has lived there almost nine years, and I'll forever be thankful that she and Grandpa made the decision to move there when they did...it helped a great deal during Grandpa's final days and continues to be a wonderful source of socialization for Grandma. I also love visiting because it was built in the 1990's, and I knew the family that owned the farm before it became a retirement community. I have wonderful memories of climbing the trees and running through the fields, rolling down the hill out of the barn, and so many other wonderful childhood things. Anyway, Grandma had mentioned before that the tree in her front yard had been removed. Apparently the ash borer has done some damage, and the community is on a mission to stay on top of it. We were able to see them take out another tree, and JC exclaimed, "But they are taking down Mother Nature!" HT chimed in with "They are removing the birds' nesting spots, and owls' nesting spots, and squirrels' climbing spots!" I explained that the trees were sick and in order to save other trees they needed to be taken down. I thought it was so cute and sweet though, how much the kids cared!